Installation, maintenance & repair · SOC 49-9021
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
BLS projects 440,900 jobs in 2025 to become 489,100 by 2035 — +10.9%, against +3.5% across all occupations.
+10.9%
projected change to 2035
About 48,200 more jobs
40,600
openings a year
9.2% of the occupation a year, counting people who retire or move on
$61,010
median annual pay
Usually entered with: postsecondary nondegree award
2025 to 2035
Employment at the start and end of the projection, in jobs.
- 2025 employment440,900
- 2035 projected489,100
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program, 2025–2035 projections.
Other installation, maintenance & repair occupations
The largest occupations in the same group, by projected change to 2035.
- Maintenance and repair workers, general1,621,800+4.2%
- Automotive service technicians and mechanics825,800+5.0%
- First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers629,000+4.1%
- Industrial machinery mechanics446,900+17.8%
- Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists316,000+3.6%
- Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other205,200+2.6%
- Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines180,300+6.7%
- Automotive body and related repairers163,200+3.7%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program.